Share Your Impressions of NCAA Football 11

[souljahbill]

So after playing my teambuilder dynasty team (that has North texas roster) as the early season warmup for the powerhouses of Nebraska, Kentucky and Indiana in AA(ok so 1 powerhouse and 2 pretty marginal teams), I have a completely different sense of the challenge (and hours of complete blast) of building up a program from the bottom in this game. I had my ass firmly handed to me in every form imaginable... running.. passing.. zero time to throw... run completely stuffed..etc. I tried to start with the pistol but do not have the personnel at all (just don't have the blocking to run much) so I switched to a "spread" playbook. The passing playbook helped but really didn't solve anything. If I pass and the first or second read isn't there I am hosed and the run game is all about catching them just right. Also it seems like they really start to lock down in the middle of the field, so sustaining drives is very hard. I am beginning to believe that he talent level and sliders will depend on the talent I have. As to recruiting, I am enjoying it quite a bit. It seems so much more succinct and adds some strategy.


I am looking forward to some serious hours lost in NCAA11 world.

This pretty much sums up my day except substitute North Texas with Ball St. and substitute Nebraska, Kentucky, and Indiana with Standford, Cal, Washington St., and Oregon St. It wasn't a question of if I was going to lose but how much was I going to lose by. Ball St. has the worst QB of all time. There isn't a bad throw that he can't do. Overthrows. Underthrows. To far in front. To far behind. If by some miracle it reaches the receiver, they drop it. Today was easily the most frustrating day I've EVER had playing an NCAA game. The dude is so bad, I struggled to beat FCS West (the clown threw 3 horribly inaccurate passes that ended up being picked off). If anyone complains about QB's being too accurate, tell them to play with Ball State (or a TB team using their roster like me). Outside of #33, the team sucks. They suck hard. The QB sucks the hardest.

[Cipher 8]

In my Online Dynasty with Michigan I had a lot of good recruits coming to visit on week 6 when I faced Rival Michigan State. One of those recruits was the #1 prospect in the nation from Texas. An offensive tackle. I was like -200 and in 4th place on his interest board. I was behind hometown Texas Longhorns, Oklahoma Sooners, and LSU. All schools that were closer to him then Michigan. They all had their interest bars green where mine was still yellow but I was close to going green.

So I spent 60 minutes on him every week and got anywhere from 150-400 points... When Week 6 came I spent 60 minutes on him again despite the circumstances looking bleak because Texas's bar was almost full and I wasn't even green yet. I just worked my way around the topics getting 60-100 each because he was in a pipeline state of mine. So I ended with like +400 on the call and then I set up his three things for the visit that week. I went and played the game, I creamed Michigan State 35-17, and then I exited and readied up.

The commish advances the dynasty and come to find out... I not only jump from 4th to 1st ahead of Texas, but he immediately Hard Commits to me. It was rated an A+ visit...

I was so happy because I was the first he visited and I was worried that their late season visits would push them over the top if I did just leap Texas to 1st after week 6...

So the summary of the story is even though it seems impossible to get someone don't give up hope. Stranger things have happened! Point and case

[ram29jackson]

This pretty much sums up my day except substitute North Texas with Ball St. and substitute Nebraska, Kentucky, and Indiana with Standford, Cal, Washington St., and Oregon St. It wasn't a question of if I was going to lose but how much was I going to lose by. Ball St. has the worst QB of all time. There isn't a bad throw that he can't do. Overthrows. Underthrows. To far in front. To far behind. If by some miracle it reaches the receiver, they drop it. Today was easily the most frustrating day I've EVER had playing an NCAA game. The dude is so bad, I struggled to beat FCS West (the clown threw 3 horribly inaccurate passes that ended up being picked off). If anyone complains about QB's being too accurate, tell them to play with Ball State (or a TB team using their roster like me). Outside of #33, the team sucks. They suck hard. The QB sucks the hardest.

used FIU against FSU last night . the FIU QB would hit open guys and thet dropped almost all of them.

put AI kicking to 45 and the Memphis kicker missed 2 extra points in a row haha

[rhombic21]

My basic impressions are that man coverage is ridiculous and completely unrealistic, that zones are still messed up, and that run defense (especially against under center sets) is terrible.

Dudes come out and run Maryland I Toss all game, or line up in some kind of unbalanced set and run stretch plays over and over, and there's nothing you can do that works all that well to shut it down.

[Thurgoodz]

My basic impressions are that man coverage is ridiculous and completely unrealistic, that zones are still messed up, and that run defense (especially against under center sets) is terrible.

Dudes come out and run Maryland I Toss all game, or line up in some kind of unbalanced set and run stretch plays over and over, and there's nothing you can do that works all that well to shut it down.

I've had that happen a lot too, but then I just do a 4-4 and blitz the linebackers and it usually stops them.

[ram29jackson]

My basic impressions are that man coverage is ridiculous and completely unrealistic, that zones are still messed up, and that run defense (especially against under center sets) is terrible.

Dudes come out and run Maryland I Toss all game, or line up in some kind of unbalanced set and run stretch plays over and over, and there's nothing you can do that works all that well to shut it down.

may it be possible that - gameplanning- the degree of the zone may matter ? when playing All American level against AI you get people open. So why should AA online be any different?

[jaymo76]

Yeah ZONE D for this game leaves a lot to be desired. Every 3rd down I pretty much have to be in man up or else the cpu QB will automatically convert, even if it's a long gain. I have messed with the gameplanning but it doesn't seem to do much.

[ram29jackson]

I just tapped the button trying to throw a touch-lob over defenders to receiver crossing ,maybe 10 yrds up field. I know its been talked about endlessly, but heres photo-evidence haha

its a DE, not even a linebacker haha and thats pretty high

[ram29jackson]

the AI threw a TD pass against me.
But the AI wanted to review it to see if his feet were in.
his feet were in and the AI got it right-

[souljahbill]

Yeah ZONE D for this game leaves a lot to be desired. Every 3rd down I pretty much have to be in man up or else the cpu QB will automatically convert, even if it's a long gain. I have messed with the gameplanning but it doesn't seem to do much.

Glad I'm not the only one. If it's 3rd and 13, the computer is gonna find a way to get 14 yards. I wish my receivers could get as open as the computer's or I'd like my pass rush to be as ruthless as the computer's or I'd love to be able to throw the ball away at the last millisecond like the computer, preventing a sack.

[Rudy]

I must say that as a player whose not great at passing, zones have always given me a hard time. Man to man is usually easy because you get single coverage many times and the timing isn't that important. Throwing through zones requires good reads and good timing making it much harder in a video game. So if zones are inherently easier to throw against this year you won't hear me complaining. Honestly, I hadn't even noticed this that much after playing. If they do tune this aspect I hope they don't go overboard or do it through they yet to be officially announced tuning sets where I can decide if I want to use them or not.

For now I'd like to injuries toned down a bit and probably fumbles but I don't have a whole lot that needs fixing for me with the sliders I'm using right now. Play action passes do need to be improved. The pass rush is insane. Normally when you fake a run the DL don't continue upfield to try and destroy the QB.

[JBHuskers]

the AI threw a TD pass against me.
But the AI wanted to review it to see if his feet were in.
his feet were in and the AI got it right-

Nice pic there.

[Cipher 8]

I must say that as a player whose not great at passing, zones have always given me a hard time. Man to man is usually easy because you get single coverage many times and the timing isn't that important. Throwing through zones requires good reads and good timing making it much harder in a video game. So if zones are inherently easier to throw against this year you won't hear me complaining. Honestly, I hadn't even noticed this that much after playing. If they do tune this aspect I hope they don't go overboard or do it through they yet to be officially announced tuning sets where I can decide if I want to use them or not.

For now I'd like to injuries toned down a bit and probably fumbles but I don't have a whole lot that needs fixing for me with the sliders I'm using right now. Play action passes do need to be improved. The pass rush is insane. Normally when you fake a run the DL don't continue upfield to try and destroy the QB.

I normally run good zones because I take a base play then go to one of my linebackers and change his assignment to a certain zone coverage based on if the extra receiver is to the left or right. Anyways... the last two games I've been torn to shreds when running zone but shut em down when doing simple man coverage plays, that I'll be honest I suck at. Guess it's got a nice balance to it. I now run 60-40 zone and if they are starting to move the ball on me I'll adjust to what they have excelled at. Zone blitzes still work better though.

[HuskerBlitz]

the AI threw a TD pass against me.
But the AI wanted to review it to see if his feet were in.
his feet were in and the AI got it right-

I say he's on the white.

[HuskerBlitz]

What a difference a few weeks seems to make. Earlier in my season I was dominated by Oklahoma. I was held to 148 yards on offense and they had 390 in a 29-14 loss where turnovers led to my only scores.

Fast forward to the Big 12 title game and the reverse happens. I had 407 yards to their 158 yards in a 31-6 win.

Same basic slider set, no major injuries to skew results, totally different outcome.

[ram29jackson]

I say he's on the white.

the interesting thing is, in game,when taking the picture- you pan in closer and there is more red there, but picture gets blurry.

ps 3 - can someone explain how the triangle and square button work in relation to the D-pad buttons as far as taking a far shot that looks better or close shot ? I know how the buttons work,i'm asking for more insight though.

[Rudy]

One last thing about the PS3 replays. I think there is something besides RAM that is an issue. Some of my highlights are 14 seconds long while other long ones cut off at 6 seconds. I think it's screwing up the cutoff calculation sometimes.

[jaymo76]

I normally run good zones because I take a base play then go to one of my linebackers and change his assignment to a certain zone coverage based on if the extra receiver is to the left or right. Anyways... the last two games I've been torn to shreds when running zone but shut em down when doing simple man coverage plays, that I'll be honest I suck at. Guess it's got a nice balance to it. I now run 60-40 zone and if they are starting to move the ball on me I'll adjust to what they have excelled at. Zone blitzes still work better though.

Adjusting QB contain to aggressive in the game planing seems to help with ZONE D. It's not great but I think the developers have tried to make game planning more strategic and therfore important IMO.

[ram29jackson]

Adjusting QB contain to aggressive in the game planing seems to help with ZONE D. It's not great but I think the developers have tried to make game planning more strategic and therfore important IMO.

QB contain and zone pass defense are 2 totally different things. Thats not stategy, thats misplaced game logic.

[Cipher 8]

Adjusting QB contain to aggressive in the game planing seems to help with ZONE D. It's not great but I think the developers have tried to make game planning more strategic and therfore important IMO.

QB contain and zone pass defense are 2 totally different things. Thats not stategy, thats misplaced game logic.

I think he means conservative, right?

QB Contain
Aggresive: Play QB
+ Stop QB Scramble
- More Open Receivers
Conservative: Play Pass
+ Cover Receivers in Zone
- Allow QB Scramble

Is that what your saying Jaymo?